Tag Archives: Lisp
It’s About the Platform
I’ve said It’s About the Libraries, and indeed, one of the major selling points of Clojure is that it can call Java libraries directly. But there’s more to it than that. Libraries are just one benefit to building Clojure on … Continue reading
Cutting-Edge Clojure Development with Maven
I promised, in my previous post, that I would show you how to use the latest-and-greatest versions of Clojure and clojure-contrib in your Maven projects. Here’s that post. Formos Software maintains a Maven server with nightly builds of Clojure and … Continue reading
Maven’s Not So Bad: Further Thoughts on Clojure Package Management
Update Sept. 4: How to get the latest builds of Clojure & Contrib Maven is a touchy subject. People tend to have strong opinions about it. But like it or not, it’s the de-facto standard for dependency management in the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Clojure Package Management
Update Sept. 3: Maven’s Not So Bad. A lot of Ruby types come to Clojure and ask, “Where’s the package manager?” The answer is usually, “Maven or Ivy,” which isn’t really an answer. I discussed this in the latter half … Continue reading
Clojure talk at Philly Lambda
The folks at Philly Lambda, a Philadelphia functional-programming group, were kind enough to invite me down to talk about Clojure last night. No video/audio recording, but here are my slides [PDF].
Clojure Goes 1.0
My favorite programming language has made a 1.0 release! [announcement]
CANCELED – Clojure Talk May 12
CANCELED: My presentation is canceled. LispNYC will still meet at the Sunburnt Cow, 137 Avenue C, and I’ll be there to talk about Clojure. But no slides, no video, etc. My presentation is postponed to the June meeting. I’ll be … Continue reading
It’s About the Libraries
There’s a big ‘ol thread going on down at comp.lang.lisp about Clojure vs. Common Lisp. I’m biased, of course, but I have to say that Clojure and Rich Hickey are holding their own against some of the top c.l.l. flamers. … Continue reading
Tests Are Code
It’s interesting to see the first signs of rebellion against RSpec. I jumped on the RSpec bandwagon when it first appeared, mostly so I wouldn’t have to write “assert_equals” all the time. But while I liked and used RSpec, I … Continue reading
Clojure for the Semantic Web
I dropped in to hear Rich Hickey talk about Clojure at the New York Semantic Web meetup group. Some highlights: • Some programs, like compilers or theorem provers, are themselves functions. They take input and produce output. Purely functional languages … Continue reading